YUSUF MOHAMMED

MADINAH: Health inspectors in Madinah have busted a room in a building in the city center where a group of foreigners were using the facility to bottle normal water in packs and market them as Zamzam water.

Earlier, a truck was detected while it was unloading empty bottles in the building and, accordingly, municipality officials were ordered to verify the contents of the building, head of the municipality Awwad Al-Tamimi said.

The inspectors, together with security patrols, stormed the building and found large quantities of empty bottles, fake Zamzam water labels, packing tools, and packs of milk, he said.

The foreign workers were held and handed over to the police while the truck and all items were seized and the location closed, he said.

Undersecretary of Madinah Municipality for Branch Municipalities Eng. Hamza bin Jafar said the municipally will never hesitate to clamp down on violators who are marketing items that may expose risks to public health.

He appealed to citizens and residents to join hands in chasing such violators by calling the municipality operations room at 940.

Source: ArabNews